…kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Beautiful foliage on Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’. Fagus sylvatica ‘Aurea Pendula’ Hydrangea sargentiana ‘Goldrush’ now with…

…2015 – CHW A cornus hunt reveals:Cornus kousa var Chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’This plant was given to my father by Richard Carew-Pole when he was RHS president. Cornus kousa var chinensis…

…Leaf’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Xanthocarpa’ has yellow (not red) fruits which we can now look forward to as it flowers for the first time. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Xanthocarpa’…

…as this species are Aesculus indica so now I am more than suspicious! Aesculus chinensis Aesculus chinensis Aesculus glabra I think, the red horse chestnut. Aesculus glabra Aesculus glabra Crataegus…

…chinensis Castanopsis chinensis Next to it in slightly more wind exposure is Castanopsis sclerophylla (also 2008 planted). Also, leafless but with minimal dieback and its new growth is much further…

…over seeding which it does every year. Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Some good young plants of Rhododendron arboreum ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ with their first flowers at least that…

…the first time as far as I am aware. Yellowish-white in terminal panicles. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Lindera lancea with excellent autumn colour. Lindera lancea Lindera lancea Callicarpa shirasawana with…

…fruits. No sign of a squirrel attack which shows that the trapping is working. Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Secondary flowers on young…

…the squirrels as they delight in these and I once saw a dozen stripping one large Cornus capitata tree. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Queen’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley…

…in tight bud and will not be out until December/January. Peumus boldus Rhus chinensis now in full flower – no great show. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis 2020 – CHW A…

…what it is) with interesting bark and unwelcome squirrel damage. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Quercus palustris colouring up. Quercus palustris 2023 – CHW Crataegus combyi with a superb show as…

…spring are already evident. Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Rhododendron ‘Chink’, which is supposedly semi-evergreen but seldom really is, has produced a crop of flowers which look as though they are…

…Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis 2021 – CHW Something strange has happened to Magnolia ‘Coral Pink’. This is a peculiar late flowering magnolia with small flowers that has been very prone…

…now the whole tree has collapsed. Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis Eucryphia milliganii is not looking well and we need to restart with young plants. Eucryphia milliganii Late flowers on a…

…garden today is the old group of Enkianthus chinensis outside the front gates. Enkianthus chinensis Enkianthus chinensis Ginkgo biloba still all green. Ginkgo biloba 2023 – CHW First flowers out…

…chinensis. A better show here than Stachyurus praecox. Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis A good show on the clump of Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ in Roger’s Quarry. Camellia sasanqua ‘Narumigata’ Secondary new…

…full leaf and also drought tensile such damage is inevitable. Leaf litter everywhere under magnolias in the garden. Maackia chinensis Maackia chinensis Autumn cut back Rhododendron ‘Michaels Pride’ after the…

…yunnanensis Stachyurus chinensis looking quite splendid (deciduous). Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus chinensis Stachyurus lancifolius also nicely in flower (deciduous). Stachyurus lancifolius Stachyurus lancifolius Another Stachyurus yunnanensis or perhaps Stachyurus sigeyosii? No…

…A small tree now. Peumus boldus Peumus boldus Peumus boldus Rhus chinensis just coming into flower. Rhus chinensis Rhus chinensis Ilex cornuta (BSWJ1118) has much more spined leaves than the…

…var. chinensis ‘Wisley Cream’ with the seed heads now swelling. Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Cream’ Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Wisley Cream’ The best blue hydrangea clump in the garden…